Bob Dylan - Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (Official Audio)

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“Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" by Bob Dylan

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Lyrics:

The festival was over, the boys were all plannin' for a fall

The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin' in the wall

The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin' wheel shut down

Anyone with any sense had already left town

He was standin' in the doorway lookin' like the Jack of Hearts

He moved across the mirrored room, "Set it up for everyone, " he said

Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he turned their heads

Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin

"Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins?"

Then he moved into the corner, face down like the Jack of Hearts

Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs

Lily had two queens, she was hopin' for a third to match her pair

Outside the streets were fillin' up, the window was open wide

A gentle breeze was blowin', you could feel it from inside

Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts

Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine

He made his usual entrance lookin' so dandy and so fine

With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place

He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste

But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts

Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town

She slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown

She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear

"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late, " but he didn't seem to hear

He was starin' into space over at the Jack of Hearts

"I know I've seen that face before, " Big Jim was thinkin' to himself

"Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf"

But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim

And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him

Starin' at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts

Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and precious as a child

She did whatever she had to do, she had that certain flash every time she smiled

She'd come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs

With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere

But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts

The hangin' judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined

The drillin' in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind

It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring

And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king

No, nothin' ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts

Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife

She was tired of the attention, tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife

She had done a lot of bad things, even once tried suicide

Was lookin' to do just one good deed before she died

She was gazin' to the future, riding on the Jack of Hearts

Lily took her dress off and buried it away

"Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him

"Well, I guess you must have known it would someday

Be careful not to touch the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint

I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint"

Down the hallway footsteps were comin' for the Jack of Hearts

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